University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is one of Australia's leading providers of on-campus and distance education programs.

The University has the following colleges: Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Business; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Engineering and Surveying; Faculty of Sciences.

The University is home to a number of leading Australian research centres collectively with the National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture (NCEA); the Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments (ACSC) and The Centre of Excellence in Engineered Fibre Composites (CEEFC).

In 2005 USQ end up commonplace as a first-rate distance training mastering group through the Distance Education Training Council (DETC) of America.

Awards and Rankings:

- USQ have become advocated thru the Good Universities Guide 2010 (5-superstar rating) within the area of ?Access through equity companies? Such as ?The ones from non-English speakme backgrounds?.

- Ranked the diverse international's top 10 online colleges in the

- Awarded the Queensland 2008 Multicultural Award – Business Category – Large Business.

- The Good University Guides 2006 for Australian universities awarded the postgraduate programme at USQ 5-star rating for entry flexibility, graduate starting salary, success in getting a job and positive graduate outcomes.

- It has won the Commonwealth Open Learning 2004 award.

- Named Australian University of the Year 2000-2001, recognising USQ's leadership in 'Developing the e-University'.

- Voted the “World's Best Dual. Mode University” by the. International Council of Open and Distance Education (ICDE) in 1999.

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